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Article 39
 

(Supervision over Preparation of Electoral Registers)


1) Electoral registers (including electoral registers for abode polling reports and for shipboard polling reports; hereafter the same shall apply in this
Article) shall be prepared under the supervision of the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission and the competent Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(2) When a public official who is engaged in the preparation of the electoral register is appointed or dismissed, the head of the Gu/Si/Gun concerned
shall immediately notify the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission.


<Amended by Act No. 9466, Feb. 12, 2009>


(3) A person who has the right to appoint and dismiss a public official to be engaged in the preparation of the electoral register shall, when wishing to
dismiss the public official during the electoral register preparation period, consult with the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission or its immediate superior election commission.


(4) If a public official who is engaged in the preparation of the electoral register, without justifiable grounds, fails to comply with directions, orders,
or demands for correction from the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission or the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission, neglects to carry
out his/her duties, or commits an illegal or wrongful act, with respect to the preparation of the electoral register, the competent Gu/Si/Gun election
commission or its immediate superior election commission may demand that the person who has the right to appoint or dismiss him/her replace
him.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(5) A person who has the right to appoint or dismiss a public official to be engaged in the preparation of the electoral register shall, upon receiving
the demand for replacement as provided in paragraph (4), comply with it, unless any justifiable ground exists to the contrary. 


(6) and (7) Deleted.


<by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998>


(8) No person shall interfere with electoral register preparation affairs or take an act having influence on the preparation of the electoral register in any other way.


<Amended by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998>


(9) The notification of matters on appointment and dismissal of public officials engaged in the preparation of the electoral register, and other
necessary matters, shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998>